Month: March 2022

What is one problem in your current job that has a serious negative impact on the work environment/workers and its own success but do nothing about it ?

My employer asks every employee that's leaving to write out and sign a PDF stating their resignation of their role, the new company they're going to work for, and the role they're taking at the new company. The sounds pretty immoral to me but is this something others have experienced in the state of Michigan?

I work as customer service. My working hours are from 09.00-15.00 every day. Every time i boot up my system i go through 6 different applictaion that have their own boot time. One system we use for receiving calls takes about 10 minutes to become operational. Funny thing is that my boss expects me to be logged on and ready to recive calls 9 am sharp. Not a minute late. That's why they expect us to use 10-15 minutes of our own time when we're not paid to be ready. I've tried my best to be ready 9 am sharp, but I'm always 1-5 minutes late every day because of the boot time, but also the fact that we're not getting paid until 9 am. Today i was told I've been late too many times this week and I'm getting a written warning letter. Personally i think this is pure…

User to work in the private sector at an an engineering firm. 8.5 hour days + shit pay + asshole bosses. Now, as a government employee, i was on my phone for 2.5 hours straight yesterday, accomplished 2 menial tasks all day and had a fulfilling day at work ! Boss encourages me to leave early, doesn't care if I show up late. Fellow antiworkers, find a public sector job.

Joined a small company at the start of the pandemic and have enjoyed it, great bunch of people and the small nature of the company meant there was flexibility and involvement in different roles. The company has since been bought by a huge multinational, and of course our employment contracts, HR etc is now all centralised. As part of this we all got a million invites to “lunch and learn” throughout the year (at least one a week), which are dial in via teams. Now, firstly a pedantic point, I thought a lunch and learn is where an employer provides lunch and is another way to bullshit more training in over your lunch break. Obviously this isn’t happening remotely. Secondly, my lunch break is unpaid (1hr a day), and I usually take it away from my desk to go for a walk, and you know enjoy my life where I…